AIM
To discuss the meaning of compassionate care as it applies to staff, patients and families in health and social care settings, its application to practice and how organizational infrastructures… (More)

AIM
this paper explores the barriers that needed to be overcome during the process of implementing an integrated care pathway for the last days of life as a way of developing quality end-of-life care… (More)

BACKGROUND
Government health care policy urges service providers to involve service users in the decision-making process. Research studies have recommended changes to current health care practice to… (More)

BACKGROUND
Recent attention in health care focuses on how to develop effective leaders for the future. Effective leadership is embodied in relationships and should be developed in and with staff and… (More)

The term compassion is at the forefront of current healthcare policy, yet its meaning and how it can be realised in practice is far from clear. This article debates the meaning of compassion in the… (More)